Has anyone else had problems roaming with their VZW 8830s in Ontario? Sitting in one location I watch network coverage go from 1xEV (where voice and data work wonderfully), to the same signal strength but only 1x. Whenever this happens I loose all ability to make a call or Tx/Rx data.

I tried to manually choose carriers, but network selection only gives the choice of Automatic or "Home Only" (unlike when roaming on GSM).

Well its taken me three weeks and two units to figure out, but this is what I've found.

Using a STOCK VZW8830 with the off the shelf OS loaded, roaming in Toronto works 100% fine, and the battery runs a few days with no problem. Taking the same 8830 and upgrading to the latest VZW 8830 OS (4.2.2.148 - plt3.0.0.67), roaming becomes a nightmare.

Essentially, the device registers fine to the network (which I believe is Telus), lights the roaming indicator (triangle in the banner) and establishes a 1X or 1XEV connection. This fairly typical CDMA connection lasts for a few minutes, until the device takes away its roaming indicator. Once this happens you're dead in the water until the device decides that its time to search for a new network and find its way back to a roaming 1X or 1XEV connection.

This would lead one to believe that the .148 software build seems to be a bit buggy when it comes to roaming. Now I only have to convince VZW of this. Any one have a GOOD contact to work this up through? I'm pretty sick of spending an hour+ on the phone with nice but otherwise not very helpful cust svc people. For now, its back to the original software build.

Hope this info is helpful! I'll update when I have more information..... Wish me luck!